Boston College Men's Basketball's 2026-27 Opener vs. Wagner: Game Central With Live Updates
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CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. — Boston College men’s basketball’s much-anticipated 2026-27 campaign under first-year head coach Luke Murray gets underway Tuesday night against Wagner at Conte Forum.
The Eagles bested MIT in an exhibition game last week 90-46, which, according to Murray, did not go as well as he’d hoped despite the lopsided final score.
Forward Luke Hunger led BC in scoring with 22 points on 7-for-11 shooting from the field and 6-for-9 shooting from beyond the arc. Behind him was forward Colby Duggan, who dropped 15 points on five 3-pointers.
Tuesday’s affair will also be the Seahawks’ 2026-27 season opener. Similar to BC, they played Staten Island in an exhibition contest last week, in which they came out on top 91-65.
Below is a live thread of the game with scoring, analysis, injury updates, starting lineups and more.
Scoring Rundown and Analysis
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2nd
- Final: Boston College 76, Wagner 50.
- 3:51 - At what will likely be the final media timeout, BC is leading 67-43.
- 4:42 - Zak Smrekar slams down a ferocious and-one dunk but is unable to convert the free throw. Nevertheless, the Eagles are running away with the lead.
- 5:12 - Williams is dialed in after putting in a floater from the elbow for his 14th point, making it 63-41 BC.
- 7:49 - Money Williams splashes a huge three and is now leading the game with 12 points. The Eagles are up 58-39, their largest lead of the game.
- 8:58 - Ernest Shelton misses one then hits from three-point land to extend the Eagles' edge over Wagner to 55-39. Shooting hasn't particularly been a strength for BC in the second half, but it is making up for it with a strong defensive effort.
- 11:56 - Armoni Zeigler threw down a vicious dunk to give BC a 48-33 lead, but Kareem Watson earned three shots from the stripe and sank them all to bring it back to a 12-point game. We're at the second media timeout.
- 13:23 - Williams sinks one of two free throws to make it 46-31 Eagles. He has shot just 2-for-6 from the stripe.
- 15:03 - BC leads 45-29 at the first media timeout of the second half, which began right after a Money Williams travel.
1st
- End: Boston College 38, Wagner 23. The Eagles shot 52% from the field, forced six turnovers, out-rebounded the Seahawks 19-14, and scored 22 points in the paint. Their three-point shooting is only 33%, however. Hunger and Zeigler lead the team in points with nine apiece.
- 3:43 - Another two free throws for Hunger and a 3-pointer from Armoni Zeigler makes it 35-16 BC. The Eagles have done a good job on the glass, particularly in their defensive end. They lead in rebounds overall 15-9.
- 5:41 - Hunger has checked back into the game and almost immediately got to the stripe, where he collected two more points on free throws to extend BC's lead to 31-14.
- The Eagles' three-point shooting has been subpar so far, as they have gone 2-for-6 from beyond the arc in the first 10 minutes of action. They've only had one turnover in the game, however.
- 9:45 - Wagner's Kareem Watson drained a three to cut the Seahawks' deficit to 18-12, but Ernest Shelton hit one of his own on the following possession to re-establish a nine-point lead for BC.
- 14:27 - Luke Hunger drops in his first 3-pointer to make it 12-3 Eagles. Hunger, who led BC in scoring in its exhibition win over MIT last week, is up to six points.
- 15:50 - Ernest Shelton's steal leads to a transition bucket for Hunger to increase BC's lead to 9-3.
- 18:06 - Luke Hunger posterizes Wagner's Youssouf Singare and converts the and-one free throw to send the Eagles into the lead at 4-3.
Injury Updates
[If an injury occurs during the game, this section will be updated]
Starting Lineups
Boston College:
G - Money Williams
G - Ernest Shelton
G/F - Zak Smrekar
F - Colby Duggan
F - Luke Hunger
Wagner:
G - Taj Bryant
G - Cam Estevez
G - Ryan Pettis
F - Tajae Jones
F - Youssouf Singare
How to Watch: Boston College Men's Basketball's 2026-27 Opener vs. Wagner
Who: Boston College Eagles and Wagner Seahawks
When: Tuesday, Nov. 3 at 7 p.m. ET
Where: Conte Forum in Chestnut Hill, Mass.
TV: ACCNX
Radio: WEEI 850 AM or 93.7 FM
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Graham Dietz is a 2025 graduate of Boston College and subsequently joined Boston College On SI. He previously served as an editor for The Heights, the independent student newspaper, from fall 2021, including as Sports Editor from 2022-23. Graham works for The Boston Globe as a sports correspondent, covering high school football, girls' basketball, and baseball. He was also a beat writer for the Chatham Anglers of the Cape Cod Baseball League in the summer of 2023.
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